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UNITED STATES Patented September 22, 1903.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters ZPatent No. 739,534, dated September 22, 1903. Application filed October 20, 1902. Serial No. 128,031. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. Doss, a citizen of the United States, residing at Benton City, in the county of Audrain and State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Razor-Strop, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to razor-strops, and has for its object the production of a device of this character wherein the operative surfaces of the strop are interrupted or formed with an irregular surface, whereby the strop more closely conforms to the edge of the razor andethe abrasiveness increased without any increase in the labor. orthe wear upon the razor edge; and to this end the invention consisis in a strop formed of a single piece of flexible material having a plurality of closelyspaced transverse perforations or apertures in its body through which any grit.or accumulation may be forced from the face of the strop by the operation of the razor during the process of stropping the same, and,if desired, the opposite sides of the strop may be constructed of difierent degrees of abrasiveness.

Other novel features of the invention will be disclosed in the annexed description and be specified in the claims following.

In the drawings illustrative of the invention, Figure l is a plan view'of a razor-strop embodying the improvements. Fig. 2 is a transverse section, enlarged, of the same.

The improved strop will preferably be formed of a single piece of leather of the usual quality having different degrees of abrasiveness upon its opposite sides and of the usual shape and size, with a handle upon one end and a relatively large perforation in the other end, this perforation providing for the support of the strop upon a hook or other fastening while in use in the ordinary manner.

The body of the strop is indicated at 10, the handle portion at 11, and the supportingperforation at 12, as shown.

The body of the strop will be provided with a plurality ofclosely-spaced perforations 13, passing entirely through the strop at right angles to its operative surfaces, as indicated in Fig. 2. By this simple means the operative surfaces of the strop are interrupted or formed with alternating smooth surfaces be tween the perforations, interrupted by the consequently with the expenditure of much less labor and with less wear upon the razor. Another advantage of this form of razor-strop is found in the fact that it will not gum up, as the perforations receive the accumulations of grit or other substances from the face of the strop, which is forced therethrough by the action of the razor in the process of strop ping the same, the strop thus requiring less frequent cleaning than an ordinary strop without the perforations. The edges of the perforations produce a greatly increased abrasive surface. without increasing the expense of the strop or reducing its strength to an appreciable extent, as the strains upon the strop are comparatively slight. Should the perforations from any cause become partly filled, they can be easily cleaned of the foreign matter by simply dipping the strop in water, as the comparatively small amount of solid material left between the perforations prevents the accumulation of foreign matter except to a very limited extent.

The flexibility of the strop is very materially increased by the presence of the perforations, and this also adds very greatly to its efficiency and operativeness by causing the strop to yield to the movement of the razor and adapt itself thereto. The perforations will preferably be circular, as shown, but may be of other shapes, as preferred, and the perforations may be of any required size and spaced any required distance apart, and I do not, therefore, wish to be limited to any specific size or shape of the perforations or to any specific distance between them.

- Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. As a new article of manufacture a razorstrop composed of a strip of flexible material and having opposite active faces, the body of I ranged unobstructed perforations extending the strop being provided with a series of entirely through the'same transversely. closely-arranged unobstructed perforations In testimony that I claim the foregoing as extending entirely through the same transmy own I have heretoafiixed my signature in 5 versely. the presence of two Witnesses,

2. As a new article of manufacture a razorstrop composed of a strip of flexible material WILLIAM Doss having opposite active faces of different de- WVitnesses: grees of abrasiveness, the body of the strop D. G. MOGEE,

to being provided with a series of closely-ar- A. B. CLUSTER. 

